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Z -- UNDERSEA BATTLESPACE LABORATORY, NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER, NEWPORT, RI SOL N62472-97-B-0427 DUE 031599 POC Ted Wallace, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0832. This is a Pre-Invitation Notice: Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specifications for this project, must send in their request on company letterhead stating if you are bidding as a prime contractor or sub-contractor/supplier, your complete address, telephone and fax number along with a Personnel check, Company check, Cashier's check or Money Order in the amount of $211.00 (THIS CHARGE IS NONREFUNABLE) to: DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING OFFICE, BUILDING 4/D, ATTN ROY BOWSER, 700 ROBBINS AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111-5094. Each check must be made payable to the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specifications will be sent via First Class Mail upon availability to those contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as required or your check is not made payable to the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like information on the mailing of the solicitation package via expedited courier service, please contact: Mr. Roy Bowser at (215) 697-1126. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Undersea Battlespace Laboratory will consolidate undersea warfare simulation activities currently situated in a number of sub-standard facilities into a single multi-story facility at the center of the NUWC campus in Newport, RI. This facility will be directly connected to the adjacent Undersea Weapons Systems Laboratory currently under construction. The project will incorporate flexible laboratory space to support computer simulation, software development, data acquisition, 3D visualization, and other components programs for on going development of the synthetic battlespace. The project requires the demolition of buildings 108, 161, 103, 103A, 104, 104A, 105, 105A, 159, 160, and 160A. In addition the project will include site preparation, utility relocations and connections. The Estimated Cost Range is $5,000,000 -- $10,000,000. The SIC Code is 1542 and the Small Business Size Standard is $17 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as Unrestricted and is subject to the evaluation criteria set forth in DFAR 252.219-7008-Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns-Construction Acquisitions-Test Program (Apr 1996). (Pre Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, The Defense Federal Acquisition Regualation (DFAR) has been amended to require all contractors to register in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. Be advised for solicitation issued after May 31, 1998, failure to registered in the CCR makes an offeror ineligible for award of DOD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing our web site at http:/www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil or by referring to DFAR Subpart 204.73. Bidders/Offerors should submit vertification of their's firm's registration in the DOD CCR Database with their Bid or Proposal. For technical questions concerning the subject notice, please faxed to Mr. Ted Wallace at (610) 595-0644. Posted 01/22/99 (I-SN290635). (0022)

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